Bedstead.



D. K. HALL.

' BEDSTEAD. APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1911.

Patented June 4, 19 12.

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COLUA\B|A PLANOGIIZAPH CO, WAsHlNGTON, D. C.

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IIVVEIV'TOR BY 67W V: Y 1 v ATTORNEYS DWIGHT K. HALL, OF'GOSHEN', NEW YORK.

BEDSTEAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 11, 1911.

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, DWIGHT K. HALL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Goshen, county of Orange, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads, ofwhich the following'is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in articles of furniture such as bedsteads, more particularly to metal beds, and has for its object the provision of head and foot frames which may be compactly shipped and quickly and economically assembled by the consignee.

For the purpose of describing my invention, I have illustrated it as embodied in a head section of a bed, but it will be obvious that the foot section thereof will be constructed similarly.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference characters in the several figures designate like parts, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the bed section embodying my invention, part being broken awa on the line l1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is an insice end elevation thereof, parts being broken away on the line 22 of Figs. 1 and 4:, showing the peculiar joints employed between the several constituent parts; Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 2, the figure being shown horizontal for the sake of economy of space; and Fig. 4 is a detailed sectional view of a dowel taken on the line 4.- l of Fig. 2. 7

As shown best in Fig. 2, the bed section is essentially of the usual type as regards shape, although the peculiar joints employed insure a much neater appearance, in that cumbersome, interlocking castings and fastenings such as screws and bolts, are obviated. The bed posts 1 are connected by the usual horizontal rail sections 20 and 2.. -be-;

:tween which are disposed the vertical filler rods 3. The posts 1 have attached thereto in any suitable manner, corner fastenings 4,

- for the end locking members 5 and the side rail sections (not shown). Similar fastenings are, of course, provided for the foot section. Each corner section has two tapered sockets 6, which have the axes coincident with the particular rail section supported at right angles, as will appear from Fig. 1. The rail sections carry at each end tenons or pins 7 of corresponding shape,

adapted to seat in the respective sockets provided for them. his desirable that the tenons or pins 7 of the end rail sections 5 should project below the sockets when seated, and should be threaded so as to receive lock nuts 8, the purpose of which will appear hereinafter.

As shown in Fig. 3, the filler rods 3 are beveled at each end and transversely slotted on their longest face adjacent each end. The ends of these rods 3 fit in sockets 9 provided in the horizontal rods 2, which I will hereinafter term rail sections. These pieces, as well as the posts and fillers, are shown as tubing, but I do not limit myself to such material. These sections 2 have flange sections 10 which engage with the slots in the filler rods. It will be seen that by this construction, an enlockment is secured which prevents longitudinal movement of the rods 3 and also insures rigidly, due to the abutment of the inner part of the section 2 and that part of the face of the filler rod lying between the transverse slot and the end of the piece. Such an abutment is designated as 11 in Fig. 3. Similar joints connect the upper rail section 2 with the bed posts 1. No portion is shown carried by the posts which might produce such an abutment as referred to as 11, but obviously such a portion might be added if desired.

The lower section 20 carries a tenon 14 at each end, which fits in corresponding sockets provided for them in the bed posts 1, thus effecting dowel joints and adding to the rigidity of the frame.

The assembling of the bed may be effected as follows: The filler rods 3 are separately inserted in their respective sockets in the other horizontal piece. In order to seam the enlockment, the filler rods 3 must be tilted at an angle to the side face of the piece 2 which bears the sockets, when the former are thrust home. After the flange 10 is in its transverse slot, this angle may be made zero, whereupon the abutment 11 is secured. The posts 1 are then looked to the upper section 2 by similar manipulation and the lower endsbrought toward each other until the tenons 14 are thrust home fast in their respective sockets. The rail section 5 is then placed in position, securely and rigidly locking the frame. The nuts 8 are then screwed home, fastening the rail section against accidental dislodging. After the two end sections are assembled, the

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side rails are put in place and the bedstead is complete.

From the afore'going description, it will be obvious that the greatest advantage of my improved bed lies in the facility with which it may be assembled at the distributing points or warehouses aftershipment from the factory. During shipment, a minimum space is occupied by the parts and the various mechanical connections such as screws, bolts, etc., are dispensed with, thus obviating the usual attendant loss of such parts in transit. Further, the great wear ofthese parts and their resultant replacement, as is usual, is not met with in my invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A bed frame composed of supporting posts having sockets therein, members extending between said posts and having their ends fitting in said sockets, said post and said members having tongue and groove engagement at their sockets, whereby a turning movement of one in respect to the other detaches them, and means for normally preventing said turning.

.2. A bedstead comprising two parallel tubular post members and two transversely extending frame members, said post members having sockets in the side thereof and one of said frame members having beveled ends and a notch adjacent each end thereof and in the face opposite to the bevel, and the other of said frame members having tenons entering sockets in said posts members and means for preventing the separation of the ends of the post members adja- ](Sent to said second-mentioned frame mem- 3. A bedstead including two substantially parallel frame members, each having a plurality of openings or sockets in one side thereof, a plurality of connecting members,

each having a beveled end and a notch in the face thereof opposite to the bevel and adapted to receive the edge of the corresponding socket in the first-mentioned member, whereby said second-mentioned members can be withdrawn from said sockets only upon a relative tilting of the two members and posts connected to said firstmentioned members for preventing said tiltmg. 7

4. A bedstead including two substantially parallel frame members each having a plurality of openings or sockets in one side thereof, a'plurality of connecting members each having a notch in one face thereof adjacent each end and adapted to receive the edge of the corresponding socket in the firstmentioned members whereby said secondmentioned members can be withdrawn from said sockets only upon a relative tilting of the two members and means connected to said first-mentioned members to prevent said tilting.

5. In combination, post members, transversely extending frame members and vertically extending frame members substantially parallel to said post members,means for detachably connecting the ends of said second-mentioned frame members to said first-mentioned frame members intermediate of the ends of the latter and permitting the removal of said second-mentioned frame members only upon the relative tipping or tilting of said post members and means for preventing normally said movement of said post members.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DWVIGHT K. HALL.

Witnesses 7 MARTIN BOURKE, W. C. CAMPBELL.

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